pulverizer

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pul·ver·ize

(pŭl′və-rīz′)

v. pul·ver·ized, pul·ver·iz·ing, pul·ver·iz·es

v.tr.

1. To pound, crush, or grind to a powder or dust.

2. To overwhelm or defeat utterly: The visitors pulverized the home team.

v.intr.

To be ground or reduced to powder or dust.

[Middle English pulverizen, from Late Latin pulverizāre, from Latin pulvis, pulver-, dust.]

pul′ver·iz′a·ble adj.

pul′ver·i·za′tion (-vər-ĭ-zā′shən) n.

pul′ver·iz′er n.

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